Air Canada A319 loses wheel on departure from LGA

[cossack]

https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/toronto-bound-air-canada-flight-declares-emergency-after-wheel-falls-off-during-take-off-1.4817379

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https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/toronto-bound-air-canada-flight-declares-emergency-after-wheel-falls-off-during-take-off-1.4817379

Glad all went well for landing and kudos to the crew.
Do you know if there was any maintenance carried out on the aircraft or is this result of a failure of the hub/axle?

Thanks.

[n5296s]

Inevitable consequence of too many landings on taxiways...

[DaveReidUK]

Crew had reportedly advised NY ATC on departure that they "needed to reduce speed & keep landing gear down briefly due to hot brakes".